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W. T. LEWIS. VEHIGLE HUB.

No. 606,350. Patented June 28,1898.

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IVILIJIAM T. LEW IS, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TOTIIE MITCHELL & LElVIS COMPANY, LIMITED, OF SAME PLACE.

VEHICLE- HUB SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,350, dated June 28, 1898.

Application filed September 20,1897. Serial No. 652,250. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM T. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Racine, in the county of Racine, and in the State of lVisconsiinhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Hubs;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to that class of vehicle-hubs which are provided with exterior devices to reinforce or strengthen the said hub; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully set forth hereinafter and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of one of my improved hubs on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an end view of said hub, partly in section, on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. p

Referring to the drawings, A represents a wooden wagon-hub of the usual orordinary I shape, the spoke-holes a, Z) in said hub being arranged alternately nearer the opposite ends, so as to break joints with each other.

B C are metallic reinforcing-bands, preferably of malleable iron, driven on fromeach end. The outer band B has aslightly-tapered outer part a, an ogee-shaped middle part (Z, and a nearly straight inner part 6, the said parts 0 d c all referring to the shape in crosssection at the said different places of the continuous band 13. From the extreme edge of the part c of said band there project bendable lugs f, hereinafter described. The said band B follows the contour of the corresponding portion of the hub A to which it is to be fitted, except that the part of the hub corresponding to the part 01 of band B is slightly reduced in external diameter, as shown by the annular space 9 immediately under said portion (1 of the band. The inner band C is formed with a slightly-tapered outer part h, a rounded middle part i, and a nearly straight inner party, the part j of the band 0, like the part c of the band B, being formed with projecting bendable lugs f, and this inner band 0, like the outer band 1%, follows the contour of the corresponding portion of the hub to which it is to be fitted, and, similarly, that four of such lugs on each band, and there may be one on each band for each alternate spoke-hole, though this is not necessary, the said lugs being cast integrally with the bands and projecting longitudinally thereof. When the bands are to be applied to a hub, the circumferential surface of the latter is coated with paint and the bands then forced on, one from each end, while the paint on the hub is still wet. The bands make a tight fit, and

thedescribed annular spaces receive the sur plus of paint which is crowded from the ends of the hub as the bands are forced to place, said paint when dry forming a cement which, combined with the described tight fit, will keep the bands in place under ordinary circumstances; but when the vehicles are exposed to excessively hot temperature the wood of the hub is liable to slightly shrink away from the bands 13 O, and to guard against this accidental loss or displacement from this cause I have provided the hereinbefore-named lugs ff on said bands. The end walls of the series of spoke-sockets Ct to are in line with the inner edge of the partj of the band C and the end walls of the alternating spoke-sockets b b are in line with the inner edge of the part e of the opposed band B when the said bands B C have been forced to place 011 the hub A, and then the said lugs f f (which are so disposed around the band 0 as to be in line with said spoke-sockets or with certain of them) are simply bent down, as shown in the drawings, the said lugs,which are simply thin tongues of malleable metal,

lying snugly against the said end walls of the spoke-sockets, and when the spokes are driven to place in-the formation of the wheel these lugs are crowded into the adjacent surfaces of the spoke heads and socket end walls, and

in this manner the bands B O are kept always opposite ends and stopping on each side of the line of the said spoke-holes, the said bands 15 being in contact with the Wood of said hub except at the lines of the said annular grooves, substantially as set forth.

In testimony-that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Racine, in the 20 conntyof Racine and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two Witnesses.

WVILLIAM T. LEWIS. Witnesses E. W. MARCHER, O. H. WASHBURN. 

